BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 17 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Murrill joins multistate push for immediate confirmation of Mullin as DHS Secretary * Attorney General Liz Murrill today joined a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in urging Congress to swiftly confirm U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Led by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, the coalition sent a l  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 17 (TNSLrpt) -- County Employment and Wages in Montana Third Quarter 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mountain-Plains Region * * * Employment fell 0.1 percent in Montana's only large county, Yellowstone, from September 2024 to September 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Jerome Watters noted that the rate of employment change in Yellowstone ranked 183rd among the 364 largest  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo Joins Cassidy to Urge U.S. Department of Labor to Ditch Democrat Heat Rule Proposal * Washington, D.C.- U.S. Senator for Idaho Mike Crapo joined U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) and 15 additional Senate Republican colleagues in penning a letter to urge the U.S. Department of Labor to protect American workers from the Biden Administration's disastrous proposed heat rule. The Biden-era pro  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Urges Colleagues to Support His Bills Protecting Montana's Water Security and Infrastructure * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing and urged his colleagues to support four of his bills: the "Lower Yellowstone River Native Fish Conservation Act," the "Fort Peck Water System Reauthorization Act," the "Cooperative W  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines, Hickenlooper Introduce Bill to Protect Water Access, Reauthorize CWMP * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) today introduced the "Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act." The bill reauthorizes the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CWMP) for four years, which will help address water management for Montana's loc  more

HELENA, Montana, March 16 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Gianforte Petitions Montana Supreme Court in Property Tax Lawsuit * * March 16 2026 HELENA, Mont. - Governor Greg Gianforte today requested that the Montana Supreme Court exercise original jurisdiction and provide an expedited ruling on a recent lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of property tax reform passed during the 2025 legislative session. "Last legislative session, ou  more

HELENA, Montana, March 17 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Gianforte Praises Montana Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Pro-Housing Reforms * * March 17 2026 HELENA, Mont. - Governor Greg Gianforte today praised a unanimous ruling from the Montana Supreme Court that upheld three pro-housing reforms from his bipartisan Housing Task Force, which were passed by the Legislature and he signed into law. "Homeownership is a key part of the Americ  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Daines Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Unlock Geothermal Power, Lower Energy Costs * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Steve Daines introduced the bipartisan Geo POWER Act to help accelerate geothermal technologies and deliver clean, affordable electricity across the country. "We're on the verge of harnessing a new wave of geothermal energy to meet surging e  more

BILLINGS, Montana, March 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana posted the following news release: * * * Lame Deer man sentenced to 12 years in prison for assaulting federal officers on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation A Lame Deer man who assaulted federal officers on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 150 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Tim Racicot said. Caleb Raymond Carter, 40  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 18 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on March 17, 2026: * * * Drummond leads push for immediate confirmation of Mullin as DHS Secretary Attorney General Gentner Drummond is leading a coalition of 18 state attorneys general in urging Congress to swiftly confirm U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The coalition sent a letter yesterday to Senate Majority Leader John   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, March 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Ten from JBSA among Air Force Medical Service 2025 award winners * FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - The Air Force Surgeon General is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Air Force Medical Service Annual Awards. The awards include both individual and team awards. There are 10 recipients from Joint Base San Antonio. The nominations submitted reflect the ex  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 17 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: * * * Tennessee Pushes for Election Integrity at the United States Supreme Court * Tennessee has joined Missouri and 19 other states in filing an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court of the United States to review and overturn a federal appellate decision that struck down a Pennsylvania law requiring voters to handwrite the date on mail-in ballots. The multistate brief supports a peti  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 17 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations posted the following news release: * * * Trucking Industry Backs Dalilah's Law * Today, the American Trucking Associations, Truckload Carriers Association, National Tank Truck Carriers, and state trucking associations across the country issued the following joint statement in support of Dalilah's Law, which will be considered by the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee tomorrow, March 18  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senators Katie Britt, Bill Cassidy, Colleagues Call to Repeal Restrictive Biden-Era Heat Rule * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and 14 of their Senate Republican colleagues in urging the U.S. Department of Labor to protect American workers from the Biden Administration's disastrous proposed heat rule. The Biden-era proposed rule would m  more

KENOSHA, Wisconsin, March 17 -- The University of Wisconsin Parkside campus posted the following news: * * * UW-Parkside Students Present at Statewide Research in the Rotunda Event * Kenosha, Wis. - Seven University of Wisconsin-Parkside undergraduate research teams recently presented their work at the Universities of Wisconsin Research in the Rotunda event, held on March 11 in the State Capitol in Madison. The signature systemwide showcase featured student scholars from all UW campuses-high  more